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AI: Empowering Small Business Voices
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spurring innovation across industries and is changing how companies operate, offering significant benefits to small businesses, including improved operational efficiency and cost savings. With rapid AI development and the ongoing call for regulating the technology, it is critical that policymakers prioritize the interests of small businesses. If policymakers overregulate AI, it…
3CU Launches Online Course Empowering Small Businesses to Find the Right Customers
Washington, DC (October 4, 2023): The Connected Commerce Council (3C) today released “Find Your Customers,” the fourth and final course released in 2023 from 3C University (3CU). This innovative course equips small businesses with the essential skills needed to pinpoint and attract the right customers for their business. By gaining a better understanding of their…
Local companies oppose Amazon lawsuit
A lawsuit against Amazon is moving forward claiming the $1.3 trillion company violates anti-trust laws. Joining forces, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general, including Pennsylvania, accusing…
Cassidy Tuttle: Sen. Mike Lee’s digital advertising bill will hurt my bottom line
Small blogs competing with established national magazines should be celebrated, not dismantled.
These Western Pa. small businesses deny claims made in lawsuit against Amazon
Two Pennsylvania-based small businesses are weighing in on a lawsuit against Amazon filed by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states, including Pennsylvania. Their message: The lawsuit is off the mark.
Small Business Sellers Respond to FTC Lawsuit
Washington, DC (September 29, 2023): The Connected Commerce Council, an organization representing digitally empowered small businesses, today hosted a press conference with three small business sellers with insights and experience selling on Amazon in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit intended to disrupt the popular online marketplace, which was filed Tuesday. The participants…
Pennsylvania-Based Amazon Sellers Share Experiences as FTC Files Lawsuit
Harrisburg, PA (Sep. 28, 2023): The Connected Commerce Council, an organization representing digitally empowered small businesses, hosted a press conference with two Pennsylvania-based Amazon sellers who shared their experiences selling on Amazon in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit intended to disrupt the popular online marketplace, which was filed…
Myth v Fact: Misconceptions and False Premises in the FTC/Amazon Lawsuit
FTC Myth: [Amazon is] Charging costly fees on the hundreds of thousands of sellers that currently have no choice but to rely on Amazon to stay in business. These fees range from a monthly fee sellers must pay for each item sold to advertising fees that have become virtually necessary for sellers to do business.…
Local Amazon sellers wade into antitrust fight
Small-business owners who sell stuff on Amazon worry they will be caught in the crossfire as the federal government pursues a lawsuit claiming the ecommerce and logistics giant has engaged in anticompetitive and monopolistic behavior.
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